Holder for nursing-bottles.



I 110.816.105. PATENTED MASQ?, 1906.

v l E. S. LEWIS.

yHULDBR POR NURSING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19`I 1905.

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v n Y' 'Toa/ZZ 'whaha-zit may concern/5` l,Beitknbwnthat LEMILY SARGENT Lnwrs, a'citizen Y.of the fUnitedfStatesresidingat.

Ph'iladelphim inthe. countyof Philadelphia and .State of Pennsylvania,5have invented.y

. 'new and useful Improvements in Holdersforl ,"Nursing-Bottles, of which thefollowin'g is a specification.. *i f V y Objects of the "invent on are toprovide a simple, neat, inexpensive, and efficient rack or holder for nursing-bottles, whereby the Y llatter may be'arrangedwithin easy reach of an'infant and mechanically held in such In nner as tol be readily accessible tothe infant 15 Without thednterventiony of a nurse or other tion,[so that the 'nip le of thebottle'i'sV at all times `filled with'mil and the'sucking of air by .the infantavoided, and to roperlyse- Vcure Ythe rackor carrier-so that t ere shall be Vno liability of-breakage of the bottle and .the Y consequent-waste orl accidental How of the contentsthereof. i v

Tothese and other ends the invention conrhereinafter Vdel sco e yof the invention will be more readily uncerstood from the following .descr1ption,

'taken in connection with ythe accompanying drawings, forming'part hereof, andwherein* Figure l is a perspective view of Ya rack or .A 1 l holder embodying my invention with ainursing-bottle applied. AFig.V 2 isa frontal perspective view ofthe same. lFig. Bis a seci .tional view ofthe rack andbot'tle, and Fig. 4

i yis aiperspective viewl of a modified form of,

rrackor holder.

Having reference to the drawings, 1 is a central support', reach, orY distance pzece,

y f which'connectsand constitutesr the common VVbase of ltwo end standards .2 and 3.',l These l Y end supports. or standards may be convenientlyvconstructed of wire-and, if desirable,v

' lthe'entireframe may be formed ofa single length of wire.

By employing springwire the standards or en d vpieces are givenmore or` less reslience.vv The standard 2 is provided with., spaced y'vertically-ranoing arms 4, between which the neck of thenottle is inserted. In the device ofthe drawings the arms 4 'con-.f

stitute spring-clasps, and theneckof the bottle is sprung into place therebetween. The

otherv standard 3 is formed orprovided With an annularor other appropriate shape recep-y ..Eiiiin fsiiGENrLEwis,,or rHinADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA;

tle. It is to be. noted'that the ring or. recep-r Y; Y

'held ata pro er angle of inclination .with the nipple well elow the bodyl of the bottle.`

Thus the nipple always .contains milk, and

f willfbe impossible 'for the infant'fto suck air.

' V,Means may be provided to secure the rack toV prevent its being accidentally overturned.

of a spring-cli 6. i

y In the mo ification, Fig. 4, the end 'sup-y `ports orstandards 2 and 3 are furtherbraced satte'ndant'; to insure the proper positioning y-of the bottle in respect to its angle of inclina-H f y the laterally-disposedv parts or members 10 ,without lessening the resilience ofthe end standards'. Y

' VThis improved carrier or holder is ipri- "Inarily intended for feeding infants While in a' recumbent position;V but when not so enif It will be obvious to those s ilIed in the arty '.ployed it may be-ilsed as a rack to sustain the 'l to which the invention appertains that modi-r ications may b e made in detail without deence I do not lin/nt myself to the precise construction and arrangementof parts herein-v before described; but, y

Havingy described the nature and objects ofthe invention, what I claim as new, and de- I -pIarting from the, spirit and'scope of same.

ards having spring clas )s for engagement f with they neck and the ot `er havingja yieldvingly-supported rece tacle for the body, substantially asspecifie 2. A rack 'or holder forthe purpose stated,

comprising a, base, means for l'securing ,they saine, and end supports or standards, where-L of one is provided with vertically-extending IOO springclasps'orfmgers to engage the neck of t e bottle, and whereof the other terminates vin a spring-supported loo to receive the body of the bottle, substantial y as spe-ciiied.

In testimony Whereo ing Witnesses. Witnesses ,i WILFRED SARGENT Lewis. f y WILFRED LEWIS.

EMiLY SARGENT LEwis.

105vr I have hereunto signed my name in presence of two subscr1b' f 6s'Y f Y or holder within easyV reach of the child andv I' Spereificatioxiof Letters Patent. l 'PatentedMarch/Q Afpiiciioifilea May19;19o5.sria1no.261,226.

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